Pressure washer with roll cage
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsRyan Wuerfl, Brian Poole, Anthony Reth, Joshua Sheffer, Alexander Nader, Samuel Eshelman, David Wheeler, Josephine Arrowsmith
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a pressure washer having a main housing and a roll cage surrounding the main housing for protection. The roll cage is generally rectangular and provides flat surfaces to make it easier to store the unit, and importantly provides a flat top surface to allow other items to stack on top of the unit. The main housing also includes a storage compartment to store accessories, including a trigger gun. The trigger gun includes a trigger guard with openings to store additional nozzles for the gun.
Claims11
A pressure washer comprising:
- a main housing holding a motor and a pump, and including a water inlet to allow water to enter the main housing and a water outlet to allow the water to exit the main housing;
- a roll cage having a generally cuboid shape surrounding all sides of the main housing so that the main housing is entirely contained within a perimeter of the roll cage,
- wherein the roll cage includes:
- a front end face having four corners,
- a rear end face having four corners,
- two top bars connecting two top corners of the front end face and two top corners of the rear end face,
- two bottom bars connecting two bottom corners of the front end face and two bottom corners of the rear end face,
- a pair of wheels attached to the two bottom corners of the rear end face, and
- an extendable handle attached to the two bottom corners of the front end face and inserted inside the two bottom bars,
- wherein, when the extendable handle is retracted into the two bottom bars, a cross bar of the extendable handle forms a bottom edge of the front end face, and when the extendable handle is extended from the two bottom bars, the extendable handle allows the pressure washer to be pulled and rolled on the pair of wheels that are attached to the two bottom corners of the rear end face.
A pressure washer comprising:
- a main housing holding a motor and a pump and including a storage compartment for holding accessories for the pressure washer;
- and
- a roll cage surrounding all sides of the main housing, the roll cage having a series of bars that define generally planar open surfaces,
- wherein the roll cage includes:
- a front end face having four corners,
- a rear end face having four corners,
- two top bars connecting two top corners of the front end face and two top corners of the rear end face,
- two bottom bars connecting two bottom corners of the front end face and two bottom corners of the rear end face,
- a pair wheels attached to the two bottom corners of the rear end face, and
- an extendable handle attached to the two bottom corners of the front end face and inserted inside the two bottom bars,
- wherein, when the extendable handle is retracted into the two bottom bars, a cross bar of the extendable handle forms a bottom edge of the front end face, and when the extendable handle is extended from the two bottom bars, the extendable handle allows the pressure washer to be pulled and rolled on the pair of wheels that are attached to the two bottom corners of the rear end face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.